The Wilmingtonian., 1887-12-17
An Open Lettea 10 DeIawareans.
DENVER DECEMBER 10th.

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thrifty sows his seed.
! He has carefully prepared the ground, ha
ecused good eed, takes pains in the plant
ing and then, then
\ He waits.
a W That forp
For nature to do its work.
In the silence. In the Dark. Under the
earth. Hidden from the Sweet sunlight, the
calm moonlight, the serene starlight lies the
seed.
Mysterious forces are at work. Electric
currents run through the soil touching each
individual seed, bidding it yield to the occult
influences that are being brought to bear
upon the under world. The "Sweet infuen-
ces of the Pleiades" are all potent now In
their far away courses in the arc of immun-
ity they still have power to reach and intiu-
ence the tiny grain of seed, sown thoughtful
ly, sown carefully, sown in the prepared field
or sown by the wayside.
By and bye the farmer looks out upon the
| field he has sown and 10! A miracle.
The dear brown color OF the earth has un.
dergone change.
Nature has not dishonored the draft made
i1p har hon Il Zoo, II
hopes centered in her.
In letters of living green as countless as
the sands upon the sea shore, she bids the
farmer read the promise of seed time and
harvest.
The qu'escent, inactive seed has become
virile, natural force, quickened with life, ca
ger for expansion, looking up to the sunlight,
the air, the rain, the dew drinking in through
leafy fibre above and tiny root tendrils be-
low the surface OF the earth, the richer of
Mother earth.
And the time has come for the farmer to
lay aside his waiting.
He is to begin the labor of watching, until
the Harvest Moon looks down upon the |
green field changed to gold, ready for the |
gathering.
For the last few weeks we have been
"sowiIg the seed" in this section of our
common country.
The seed of Colonization.
Which is to spring up.to harvest Of Real
ization or Disappointment
Which shall it bea
a HaToest of Happp Homes in Hcrse~, i.
new land where the sun shines warm and the
sky is bright and blue, and the air it dry and
genial and Nature Smiles upon her voteries
as does loving mott er upon her favorite
child.
Now,
Has the seed failed to germiuate and does
it still he, silent and cold, soddep and sullen
in the warm soil Of Delaware?
The time has now come when there S! ould
be some definite.answer to this question.
If the seed was good seed it has had time
to sprout.
How many hands have been lifted up to
DR.. Snitcher, saying, as said Rlth to Naomi:
Thy people shall be my people, thy home
my homeP
TEMP
TwentyP
Thirty?
Forty?
Fifty?
Call the Roll. Note the reply. Listen to
the clear response. Here and there, count
up the following of those who seek New
Home in New Land.
1t is no "undiscovered Country to which
you are called. DIR. Suitcher does not pro-
pose to be Columbus. The way was mark
ed out eighteen years ago this winter by N.
G. Meeker of the Greedy Colony. There
need be no doubt, no hestaucy, no fear that
is Socialistic Scheme or Topoloampo fraud.
Four million dollars are sent out of Color
ado for green and dried fruits which can be
raised within the borders. And the Peach
growers of the Peninsu'a should be the first
to enter and occupy the favored ground.
Are you coming2
The time | as arrived for those who have
interested themselves in organizing this en-
terprise to have an answer
BY March 1st the new town should be laid
out, the fruit tracts ready fol- comsrs, ard
the officers and wecomers of the colonists
By April LIST the majority Of those who pro-
pose to come should be ''tenting on the neD
camp ground, preparing for the new homes,
the new gardens the new farms. the new
vineyard the n, W orchards, which they are to
own.
Other fields of iabor await the writer of
this article and he must know-soon- beth
er this anticipated developement of Homer
sett ement is to be wholly by other hands or
if bis experience is to be Of service.
What is the answer?
He has sown the seed in the ground said
by DR.. Sn;tcher to be fertile and ready for it.
1t is time that tue green hoots shall have